Week 5

It's good to not have new material this week. I like the pace fo the class but I felt as if I needed a break for a little while so that I could use all of the things that we are learning about.

I created a MEEZ, it's a lot of fun if you haven't tried it.

Week 4

I thought that the exercises for this week were very interesting. I use Myspace and Youtube a lot. I think that the overall concept of Myspace is a good one, it has gotten pretty out of hand now that it is as well known as it is. It seems like no one asks for phone numbers anymore, everyone wants your Myspace address instead. In the beginning it was a good idea and really served it's primary purpose at the time which was networking. I was a little surprised to see OCLS on Myspace, even though I had heard that they had a profile on there. I think that OCLS using Youtube is a good idea because it lets our patrons see some of the programs that they may have normally not been able to attend or see. As for having OCLS on Myspace, it's free so why not? I don't see a huge point in OCLS having a Myspace but I suppose it can't hurt.
I really enjoyed the 2.0 video, it kept me interested and I thought that it was well designed. I wasn't too interested in SEOmoz, it did give me some ideas for sites tha I may want to take a look at but I didn't necessarily agree with some of the sites it found "award winning".
Overall I liked week 4 though and I am looking forward to coming back on week 6.

Week 3

I really liked the Bloglines exercise. I added a few things that I would be interested in like "24 hour museum" because my major is Art History and I would like to eventually become a museum curator. I also added "A Painting a Day" which allows artists to post paintings for sale. Another feed that I added is " Back in the Day: 1950's and 60's". I chose to add this blog because I am facinated with the 1950's and like anything that involves that time period. I added Mary Anne''s blog so that I could keep up with the new innovations that she has come up with. The last blog that I added is "Dictionary.com: Spanish word of the day". I am trying to learn Spanish and I think that this might help me a little bit along the way.
As for Grokker. I didn't really like it. I found it to be very complicated and complex and when I am searching for something I would much rather it be simple and to the point, however, I do understand the benifits of Grokker and may try it again in the future.
I think that I am a visual learner. In order for me to accept information and interpret it I need to see it. I think that learn 2.0 goes with my learing style as it involves a lot of reading to fully understand the tasks. I also like the fact that we are actually able to try out the technology that we are learning about.